Powell comes good for WI
Ricardo Powell hammered an unbeaten 83 from 90 balls to guide West Indies to a thrilling one-wicket victory over Zimbabwe with eight balls to spare in the triangular limited overs series on Saturday.



Leander, Nirupama fail to qualify for Australian Open
Indian hopes in the Australian Open singles were dashed on Saturday when Leander Paes and Nirupama Vaidyanathan bowed out from the third round of qualifying tournament after putting up a spirited fight against higher-rated rivals at Melbourne Park.



Gudmundsson ’tricks India’s fall
At the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Iceland spiked the Indian guns in Group B of the Sahara Cup Football Championship on Tryggvi Gudmundsson’s hat-trick (44th, 53rd & 63rd minutes), the tournament’s first one.



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